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I'm sometimes white, But most often I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse.

Complete the sequence: 4, 7, 15, 29, 59, 117 ?
235 Explanation: 4+3=7 7+4x2=15 15+7x2=29 29+15x2=59 59+29x2=117 117+59x2=235

A red house is made up of red bricks, a blue house is made up of blue bricks, a green house is made up of _______.

Does the government of Texas permit a man to marry his widow's sister?
No question of legitimacy, because the man is already dead!

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence with an anagram: Almost a _________ started between two brothers to decide who will use their father's _________.
battle and tablet.

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

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